Metaphors Be With You Episode IV: Food Stories

Description

EPISODE
IV’s Theme:Food Stories

Submissions
Due: April 25th 2015

Show Date: 7.30pm, Saturday, May 16th 2015

Metaphors
Be With You (MBWY) is a curated spoken personal essay
presentation held at least once a month at Haque Centre of Acting &
Creativity (HCAC). They are open to anyone who submits a story that meets the
MBWY Submission Guidelines. It is free to participate.

Submission
Guidelines:

1.We like stories that are true and
personal showing how an experience changed and informed you. What did you
discover about yourself or your world and the people in it?

2.Every month we will pick a theme
that you must use to craft your story. You can interpret the theme however you
want but there must be a clear application and understanding of the theme in
your story. This month the theme is 'Food Stories'.

3.Your stories can be less but should be
not more than 1300 words or 6 minutes in length. Submit your stories in font
size 12, double-spaced, Times New Roman.

6.Up to 7 stories will be chosen from
all the submissions. The event curators reserve all rights to determine which
of the submissions are selected. Writers maintain all rights to their stories.

7.If selected, you will be contacted
on how to arrange for a quick one-on-one session with either or both the MBWY curators,
Sarah Howell and Kamil Haque. The final selection may receive editing and
vetting notes from the co-curators.

8.Submitting a story means that
participants have to commit to:(a)
A one-on-one session (approx. 20-30mins) no less than 48 hours before the show.
Individual dates for the session would be
confirmed upon admission. Storytellers are expected to work with the event
curators to shape and structure their stories.(b)
A pre-show run on the day of the show (about 1.5 hours before the box office
opens).(c)
The show itself.

9.Invited participants must submit a
final copy of their story at least one week before the show.

10.Storytellers
are encouraged to read off the page; neither memorization nor props are
necessary.